The X Factor, Final Results show, December 9 2012: Live Blog

Will it be Jahmene or James who walks away with The X Factor 2012 title? Nicole Scherzinger is a winner already (Picture: Rex Features)

Last night’s X Factor final was an exciting one and no mistake. Over the course of two hours we saw Jahmene Douglas singing from on top of Big Ben, Christopher Maloney emerge from a giant ghetto blaster, Nicole Scherzinger suffer a microphone malfunction, Louis Walsh praising everybody to the hilt…oh and Rylan singing Gangnam Style. Not to mention all those people from earlier in the series that you’d forgotten about.

But with everybody’s favourite Liverpudlian cheesemonger making a hasty exit on Saturday night’s show (much to the disappointment of his nan, no doubt), we’re now down to just James or Jahmene – and before the night’s end one of them will be crowned X Factor champion, win that coveted record deal, release their first single, bask in adulation, and look all chuffed and emotional as the confetti falls from the ceiling of Manchester Central and the dust settles on another series.

But as the battle royale comes to an end, who will emerge as champion? Make sure you don’t miss a moment of the action with our final X Factor live blog of 2012…

All right! More recaps! And shots of Jahmene pricing up chickens in Asda. You do realise if they’d cut all this out the show would be over by now and you’d already be able to buy the winner’s single don’t you?

The irony of the fact they are playing the Forrest Gump theme right now is that we tried to work out who it was Jahmene reminded us of last night – and lo and behold, it was that very same character! (we feel bad for thinking this. Honest….)

Incidentally, do they still do that bit when Andi Peters pushes the button at the CD factory and they begin pressing the single as soon as the winner has been revealed? Who didn’t watch that year after year and will them to press the wrong button just once?

And we’re back! Still not quite time to announce the winner, as they’re going to string it out a bit more with trips to the fan bases in Swindon and Middlesborough. Maybe another montage of clips about what winning would mean to them?

So that really is it now, people. Thanks for following our witterings over these weeks of live shows, for all your ace comments and general good humour. We hope you’ve all enjoyed it as much as we have. Same time next year then?